Scientists predicted last Friday that two-thirds of the world's polar bears will become extinct by 2050 and the entire population gone from Alaska because of melting sea ice from global warming in the Arctic. Polar bears depend on sea ice as a platform f
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Beijing's polluted air makes athletes worry, and they have to make a tricky choice for the 2008 Beijing Olympics: stay away as long as possible, or come in early and get used to it. Air pollution levels in China's capital are nearly five times higher
Even 10 years after her death, Princess Diana is still the most popular royal in Britain and in the world. On August 31, tons of Britons attended memorial service marking 10th anniversary of the death of Diana. The princess of Wales was killed in a car cr
Archaeologists said on August 20 that students in western Finland found a piece of Stone Age gum last month near Oulu, some 380 miles north of the capital, Helsinki. The ancient gum was found by a 23-year-old British student named Sarah Pickin, who was vo
Over the next month, the famous chimes of Big Ben in London will be silenced for maintenance work. However, the clock that stands above Britain’s Houses of Parliament will continue to tell the time. The bongs, which ring out every quarter of an hour fr
According to Australian gallery officials, a painting titled ＂Head of a Man＂has been proven a fake after a series of tests by art experts in Amsterdam. The painting long thought to be the work of Dutch master Vincent van Gogh. It has been in the posse
To fight against global warming, Japan started running the world’s first hybrid train. Following the country’s success with hybrid cars, the diesel-electric hybrid train called Kiha E200, which can hold 117 people including straphangers, was put into co
The newly selected Seven Wonders of the World, which was announced on July 7, will be immortalized by sending their 3D photos into outer space. Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber, who launched the campaign in 1999, said that the memory of the Seven Wonder
The Canadian Air Transport Safety Authority said last Wednesday that from now on air travelers in Canada who make comments about bombs and guns will be arrested if it is clear that they are making a serious threat. If a person says
Majorities in the U.S. say income differences in the country are too wide. A national poll released on July 5 showed that most of the respondents thought the government should provide jobs and training for those having a hard time. The survey, which w
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